Jonathan Freedland begins a history series reporting from the sites of the Rebecca Riots in rural Wales.Why did tenant farmers in the 1830s blacken their faces and dress as women? / Jonathan Freedland begins a history series reporting from the sites of the Rebecca Riots in rural Wales.Why did tenant farmers blacken their faces and dress as women?

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19990719

Jonathan Freedland reports from Nottingham as he explores aspects of the Victorian man through the life and body of prizefighter Bendigo Thompson.

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19990726

Jonathan Freedland reports on the sex scandals that rocked the Westminster election campaign of 1784.

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19990802

Everyone knows who won the battle of Waterloo, but who paid for it? Jonathan Freedland explores the story of how the war was financed.

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19990809

In the last of the series, Jonathan Freedland gathers a team of historians to explore events both epic and personal.